#C8A4E9#C8A4E9

#C8A4E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.103 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4E9
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 233)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(271, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, 26.07, -29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 39.55, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% 0.0636 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.103 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.8001, 44.7139, 82.9767)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4E9 #C5E9A4

analogous

#A5A4E9 #C8A4E9 #E9A4E8

triadic

#C8A4E9 #E9C8A4 #A4E9C8

tetradic

#C8A4E9 #E9A5A4 #C5E9A4 #A4E8E9

square

#C8A4E9 #E9A5A4 #C5E9A4 #A4E8E9

split-complementary

#C8A4E9 #E8E9A4 #A4E9A5

monochromatic

#8C41D1 #AA73DD #C8A4E9 #E6D5F5 #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8A4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#C8A4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4E9

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4E9	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ADBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.103 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bff0',
    500: '#c8a4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4e9;
$custom-light: #d9bff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7749,
    "c": 0.10342,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4E9

secondary

#E5F0DB

accent

#C91D6F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4E9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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